Pandale, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Del Rio Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76943. It lies near Two Section Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Pandale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Pandale quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Devils Draw quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Pandale between 2008 and 2014, burning about 15,337 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 August 2008 | Natural | 175 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2008 | Natural | 175 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 14,987 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MALONE FIRE |
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Pandale: 3 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mills Ranch Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | Pyrolusite, Wad | |
| Mills Ranch Mn Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Howard Draw Barite Prospect | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Howard Draw Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Barite | |
| Mills Ranch Barite Prospect | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Mills Ranch Mine | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Barite |
Storms near this place
26 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pandale in 26 storm reports between 1996 and 2016: 20 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1996 | Hail | Pandale | $3,000 | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Pandale | - | A thunderstorm produced large hail starting around 7:05 p.m. and ending at 7:30 p.m. The largest hail during this time was golf ball size. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Pandale | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding. Four to five feet of water covered a portion of Blue Hills Road between Comstock and Pandale. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Pandale | - | Dime to Quarter size hail was reported by the Co-op observer. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Pandale | - | Golf ball to baseball size hail was reported south of Pandale. |
| June 2009 | Flash Flood | Pandale | - | There were 15 campers rescued from rising water in the Pecos River Gorge. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Pandale | - | Scattered showers and thunderstorms produced general 1 to 2 inch rain amounts over northern Val Verde County, with up to 4 inches near Juno. SH163 was closed near Juno due to flash flooding. |
| May 2007 | Flood | Pandale | - | The Pecos River at Pandale Crossing crested at 11.73 ft at 2130 CST on May 10, where flood stage is 5 ft. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Pandale | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Pandale | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Pandale | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Pandale | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Pandale | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Pandale | - | no account filed |
| May 2007 | Hail | Pandale | - | no account filed |
| February 2005 | Hail | Pandale | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Pandale | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Pandale | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Pandale | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Pandale | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Pandale | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Pandale | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pandale | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Pandale | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Pandale | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Flash Flood | Pandale | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hackberry Crossing | 6.1 miles | 6 | |
| Pumpville | 19.3 miles | 8 | |
| Osman | 20.9 miles | 8 | |
| Juno | 23.2 miles | 6 | |
| Langtry | 25.9 miles | 8 | |
| Bakers Crossing | 26.3 miles | 7 | |
| Shumla | 29.0 miles | 7 | |
| Lull | 32.8 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378828. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.



